Mrs. Nellie Chomka holds bachelor degrees in early childhood and elementary education as well as a master's degree in early childhood education from Rhode Island College. She is a highly qualified teacher by Rhode Island and Smithfield standards. Mrs. Chomka has spent her career at Old County Road School. She taught second grade for twenty-one years. For the following three years she was the Title 1 Math teacher at Old County Road School, servicing grades K through five. Feeling the need for her own classroom again, she became a third grade teacher. Mrs. Chomka is Chairperson of the OCRS Scholarship Commitee and a member of the Teaching and Learning Night Planning Committee, School Culture, Math, and Science Committees.